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Five other construction workers based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, will share the jackpot

A court rules that Lopes had fraudulently claimed the entire bounty

The $38.5 million ticket amounted to $24 million after Lopes chose the cash option

They are expected to be awarded about $2 million each, after taxes and attorneys' fees

Americo Lopes, a New Jersey construction worker who scored a Mega Millions lottery jackpot in 2009, tried to cheat his fellow workers out of their share of the pool by claiming the ticket as exclusively his own, a jury has ruled.

Five other construction workers based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, will share the jackpot after a state court ruled unanimously that Lopes had fraudulently claimed the entire bounty. The $38.5 million ticket amounted to $24 million after Lopes chose the cash option.